LGBTQ+ Therapists in Corte Madera, CA
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Deborah Dueñas
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
As an
LGBTQ
+ affirming therapist, I strive to create a safe, inclusive, judgement-free space for clients to explore, heal, and grow.
Hi, I'm Debbie, Sometimes people find themselves repeating behavior patterns that don't help them move forward. Out of control thoughts, feelings and reactions can interfere with one’s sense of peace and wellbeing as well as relationships. If you can identify with any of these challenges, I can help you find your center and honor your life path.
Jane Gehrke
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Verified
I like to hold space for anxiety, a challenging inner critic, panic attacks, finding direction in life, dealing with interpersonal conflict, and exploring sexual orientation and/or gender identity. We can integrate dreamwork or other sources of symbols to explore and make meaning. For couples/relationships, I facilitate and assist you in communication and exploration with each other and offer a holding space for underlying disharmony to arise. I am
queer
-, poly-, and kink-affirming.
Marin Youth Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, PPS
Verified
Verified
I provide neurodivergent and
LGBTQ
+ affirming care.
Are you worried about your child, teen or young adult but unsure how to help them? You can see something has changed in them: perhaps they seem depressed, anxious, or isolated in ways they didn’t used to be. You want them to learn skills to deal with life's challenges and resolve the issues that are holding them back. Because more than anything, you want to see your child thrive. My practice focuses on the unique needs of children 4+ through young adulthood and their families. I create developmentally appropriate, customized treatment plans using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) strategies and art and play therapy interventions.
Not accepting new clients
Colleen Kane-Dacri
Marriage & Family Therapist, BA, MS, PhD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Dr. Colleen Kane-Dacri is a warm and empathic therapist who has a deep understanding of how challenging it can be to reach out for support through therapy. Dr. Kane-Dacri is a licensed psychotherapist (CA Lic #24978) in private practice with offices in San Francisco and Marin County. Dr. Kane-Dacri provides counseling to young adults, adults, couples, and families. She helps people with depression, anxiety, PTSD, parenting questions or concerns, couple counseling, addiction and sex therapy. Dr. Kane-Dacri has experience working with all sexual orientations supporting straight,
gay
,
lesbian
and transexual individuals and couples.
Michelle C. Ogle
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
After 20 years of practicing, I continue to be humbled by your unique journey. I believe that all voices are valid, and multiple perspectives can exist simultaneously in a world where differences have become conflict for so many. I also feel that a life evaluation in an all accepting space, can be a powerful way to move forward at any age or stage. How do you show up in your life!? And how can I best help you move forward from where you are to where you want to be? www.michelleoglemft.com
Megan Spence
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Megan Spence is a clinical psychologist with expertise in behavioral medicine, certified in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International & specializes in treating women's health issues across the lifespan including reproductive stress, PMDD, perinatal mood disorders, birth trauma, & menopause. She has experience working with men, women, and non-binary individuals around a wide range of health concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, work stress, grief, sleep problems, and chronic illness. Her practice is evidence-based, trauma-informed, and prioritizes a multicultural and empowering approach.
Kelly Paquette
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Kelly Paquette is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialties in post-traumatic stress, trauma, depression, stress, and anxiety, providing a safe and nonjudgmental space for her patients to be fully heard and supported. Dr. Paquette incorporates a variety of evidence-based interventions to help make the changes her patients seek, as well as cultivate insight and self-awareness into patterns of relationships, behaviors, and emotions. Her treatment approach is integrative, empowering, and collaborative.
Alexandra Nichols
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Alexandra Nichols is a licensed clinical psychologist and uses a relational psychodynamic approach to therapy, integrating additional interventions from cognitive behavioral and other techniques to meet each client’s needs. Dr. Nichols collaborates with clients to address emotional pain, to make changes, and to develop understanding and meaning. She shapes her approach based on culture, identity, and client goals. She has experience with a wide variety of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, life transitions, self-esteem, and relationship issues.
Lori Lavinthal
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I provide DBT, and general psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, families and couples in my San Francisco and Marin practices. For the past 20 years I have helped people transform, creating the lives they want to live. Stylistically I am warm, thoughtful, and engaged creating a non-judgmental safe environment.
Jennifer Dorsey
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I specialize in helping adults, teens, romantic partners, and families heal from hurt, trauma and shame in order to become better connected to themselves and one another. The majority of my practice focuses on healing emotional wounds, anxiety, and improving your relationships (including experiences of divorce and blended families). I work collaboratively with you to set goals for therapy that are curated to your individual preferences and needs, and I often draw from Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and somatic awareness.
Jenny Forman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
I provide individual psychotherapy to older adolescents and adults using primarily cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based strategies. I specialize in working with individuals who experience anxiety, self-judgment, depression, life transitions, or obstacles that may keep them from experiencing greater ease, joy, and alignment in their lives. I also provide psychological and psychoeducational assessments to children and adults to better understand their learning or psychological profile and to receive services that will help them reach their full potential.
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Katie Steiner Peterman
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
If you are feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in painful patterns, I am hopeful that clarity and healing are possible for you. Therapy can help you regain access to the wisdom that exists within you so you can become more resourced and skillful in navigating the challenges you are facing.
Gabriel Rabu
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I provide short- or long-term psychotherapy . My approach is steeped in a mindful and caring relation to oneself and to others. I help my clients find the courage necessary to face and value what has not yet been acknowledged in their life, and to find the potential strengths that have not yet been harnessed. Bilingual: English and French
Marcia Miller
Pre-Licensed Professional, APCC
Verified
Verified
Supervised by Makhetsi Tessien, LMFT 117209. Life can present challenging situations. Sometimes these situations are overwhelming and hard to navigate alone. At times, utilizing your partner, significant other, family, or friends as support is not enough. Whether its conflict, stress management, coping skills, anxiety, depression, trauma, transitions, or grief and loss; by utilizing psychotherapy, it can help you identify inner-strength, identify coping skills, use other forms of coping mechanisms to achieve desirable outcomes.
Kathy Jarosz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Are you and your partner wanting help communicating? Feeling emotionally distant? Are you frustrated by the problems with your relationship? Has there been an affair or addiction? I am a Gottman Level 3 trained couples therapist and I can help! I can offer you some leading-edge tools and resources to kick-start change. If you both want the marriage to be saved, that's exactly what we will work toward. But, if one of you is uncertain if you want to save the marriage we can discuss "Discernment Counseling". You learn what it would take to turn it around before you decide to start couples therapy. Don't postpone getting help!
Waitlist for new clients
Deborah Underwood
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I will challenge you with questions and give you homework to help you succeed. I work in the present and do not believe it is productive to spend years talking about the past. You will sense my passion for my work and will feel seen and heard.
Waitlist for new clients
Pamela Margaret Ashkenazy
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Are you suffering from chronic anxiety, depression, or post traumatic stress (PTSD) as a result of your child's death, terminal illness, or mental illness. Symptoms include confusion, intrusive images and thoughts, inconsolable sadness, and an unrecognizable self-identity. With skillful psychotherapeutic counseling and support, healing is possible. My Doctoral studies and research, clinical training and experience provides me with the necessary tools to effectively treat clients and help them to cope with psychic pain. In this way, clients are able to live with trauma, grief, and loss.
Sara Bingaman
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I work with people who want to feel happy, safe, and be able to connect with others. If you are feeling down, lonely or lost I can help. My goal is to create a safe place where you can express yourself without judgment, explore what is troubling you, and develop strategies to facilitate the change you desire. Together we will figure out what is holding you back and how to overcome it.
Monica Elden
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
What if 2022 is the year you create a lasting foundation of well-being? Are you wondering how to stop feeling overwhelmed and stressed out by the “new normal?” Maybe you’re feeling worried, lonely, tired, depressed, or burnt-out. The uncertainty of the pandemic can magnify doubts and fears lying just beneath the surface while creating new challenges at the same time. It’s a lot to handle and may leave you feeling ill-equipped. But you are more resilient than you know. Working with me, you’ll find courage to face what now seems impossible.
Phyllis Galanis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Are you feeling misunderstood in your relationships? Are you feeling anxious, irritated or depressed? Tired of having to explain yourself? Talking with an understanding therapist who will focus solely on you with a compassionate objectivity can really help.
I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors and relationship issues, and in helping to uncover and then overcome issues from the past that are still affecting thoughts and behavior in the present.
I've been through many transitions, both planned and unplanned, throughout my life and have great compassion and skill in helping others come through them, too.
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalization in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.